A multi-million pound investment by Moy Park in its Ashbourne facility has enabled the site to reach the production milestone of one million chickens per week.…
Month: January 2017
The NFU has appointed a new Head of Food and Farming to lead its food chain and commodity areas. Philip Hambling joins the NFU in mid-April…
A flock of pheasants in Wyre, Lancashire, have avian influenza. Defra confirmed the presence of H5N8 in the commercial breeding farm on 24 January. Some birds…
Sainsbury’s is collaborating with researchers at Oxford University to test a number of measures designed to encourage shoppers to buy more fruit and vegetables and less…
Several new appointments have been made to the Food Standards Agency’s Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF). The ACMSF provides the Agency with…
Poultry keepers in Northern Ireland must keep their birds indoors until 16 March now, after the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) decided to…
Noble Foods and Cranswick have been recognised for high standards in reporting their farm animal welfare policies and practices. Both companies have been ranked as ‘tier…
The World Health Organisation has said it is “on high alert” to the spread of avian influenza and its possible shift towards a human flu pandemic.…
Rural businesses must play a full part in the delivery of the Government’s new Industrial Strategy to ensure the promise of opportunity and growth spread evenly…
Moy Park, one of the UK’s top 10 food companies, has appointed Andrew Richards to the post of commercial director in the UK & Ireland and…